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Contracting sounds reasonable. Or when interviewing, find out if they’d be willing to pay less money but give more time off. Freelancing seems good too but you might not be interested in all the leg work to get clients. I like what someone suggested, to just ask your current employer about extended leave since you’ll leave them soon anyway. Good luck! It doesn’t seem unreasonable, but it does seem like we’re not allowed to stop at Decent Programmer, Not Much Aspiration.